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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It's a 32 team league, getting to the finals isn't easy. Winning a Cup is even harder.
If you have to sacrifice 4 years at the back end of the deal you do it if you think it gives you 3 or 4 good looks at a championship. There really was no other option.
He wasn't good in the finals but his career playoff pace over 82 games is 45 goals and 120 points.
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Yeah I see little point in arguing that the Oilers did the wrong thing by signing him.
They had to.
You don't get two key pieces in place with recent success and then break it up in the name of asset management.
I do think think the construct of the team is such that they are in tough to have the success they want in the next four years, and I think when age gets two players that have played honestly too much in their mid 20s the wheels are going to completely come off the franchise.
But for 2024-2027 this was the only move.